photo basel 2025: 10th anniversary

photo basel is Switzerland’s first and only art fair dedicated exclusively to photographic art. The fair brings together galleries from around the world in a unique, authentic setting and sees itself as an inclusive platform that connects all players in the art world.

As a fair, photo basel actively contributes to the dialogue in the field of photography and makes photographic art accessible to both professional and general audiences through a diverse supporting program (including free guided tours, special parcours, and panel talks).

To mark its 10th anniversary edition, photo basel welcomes 39 galleries from 15 countries. More than 450 photographic positions by over 150 artists will be shown. This year, the fair is pleased to welcome the following galleries for the first time: Momentum Fine Art (Miami), Galerie Sophie Scheidecker (Paris), Galerie & Edition Stephan Witschi (Zurich), Ostlicht (Vienna), Rademakers (Amsterdam), Lightworks (Sydney), FOG (Bratislava), AB Gallery (Seoul), blackprint Gallery (Zurich).

Since 2016, photo basel has been located directly next to the Art Basel exhibition grounds, in the beautiful premises of the Volkshaus Basel. The Volkshaus Basel is a gently renovated building by renowned Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron and hosts various cultural highlights such as a bar, a restaurant, a beer garden, and a hotel. It is located at Rebgasse 12, just 700 meters from the Art Basel venue.

Beyond photography

“Beyond Photography” is a curated selection of photographic positions that — as the name suggests — go beyond photography through the use of various mixed media, special printing techniques, or by shifting from two-dimensional to three-dimensional formats. Numerous approaches contribute to an expansion of the medium, and the "Beyond Photography" section aims to showcase these practices.

novum
‍"novum" positions may be entirely new works created especially for photo basel, or series that have never been shown before, either because they were just completed or have only now been (re)discovered. What all of these works have in common is that they have never been exhibited before and will be presented to the photo basel audience for the very first time.

photo basel special
‍In collaboration with Basel-based architect Barbara Buser and her team, photo basel presents an exhibition by Basel photographer Martin Zeller at the Franck Areal. His large-format photographs of vacant industrial sites and office buildings undergoing repurposing are part of a collaboration with Baubüro In Situ, which specializes in transforming existing buildings. Zeller's high-resolution photographs engage with the history and atmosphere of these spaces. His images reveal structures, surfaces, and layers of color that speak of past labor and industrial change. These abstract, tactile compositions make the visual traces of time tangible. The images are accompanied by text fragments by Sou Vai Keng.